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In 2015, Russia sent thousands of troops to Syria to help keep President Assad in power. In return for this military assistance, Russia was given 49-year leases on two key military bases. [BBC]
After the fall of Hama, the war was widely considered lost for the Syrian government. Pro-Assad Iraqi millitias were ordered to retreat from Syria after 5 December, as their officers concluded that effective resistance was no longer possible. [28] The Ba'athist leadership attempted to organize a defense of Damascus, but the city fell on 8 December.
On 27 November 2024, Syrian opposition groups led by Tahrir al-Sham launched an offensive against pro-government forces in Northwestern Syria. The offensive, the first of its kind by any side in the conflict since March 2020 Idlib ceasefire , resulted in the rapid capture of dozens of villages by the opposition forces.
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command [43] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [44] [45] [46] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian President since 2000. The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing international armed conflict taking place in Syria. [24] The unrest began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of Arab Spring protests, with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government, whose forces responded with violent crackdowns.
Russia: Following Russia's call for its citizens to leave Syria, the Russian Embassy reported that all its staff members were safe following the fall of Damascus. [65] Russia's Foreign Ministry stated that it was in contact with "all groups of the Syrian opposition", but played no role in negotiations. [46]
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The following is a timeline of the Syrian civil war from November 2024. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found in casualties of the Syrian civil war.. On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command [1] led by Islamist Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a lightning offensive [2] against pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA ...